Chapter 344 Personal Revenge
"grandfather."
Liang Fusu glanced at Lord Liu, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, who had followed him, and begged on his knees, "Please agree to open the coffin. My grandson wants to know the truth."
Qing Wu also said, "Old Marquis, Fu Zhuzhu has been dead for many years, but she still appears in the Crown Princess's dreams, which shows that she is unwilling to rest in peace. Please avenge her so that she can rest in peace soon."
The old marquis looked at Wei Qingyan, "Is this what Zhuzhu meant?"
Wei Qingyan nodded slightly.
I guess so.
It was she who made the suggestion and Fu Zhuzhu agreed with it.
The old marquis's eyes were gloomy. After a long silence, he said to Liang Fusu, "You accompany Lord Liu."
Zhuzhu died at the hands of Liang Yongan and Yuepin. Yuepin was a concubine and it was not easy for her to leave the palace. Zhuzhu must have been killed by them in the palace.
But that night, many servants in the palace and the mansion saw Zhuzhu following Liang Yongan out of the palace.
The person who followed Liang Yongan out of the palace was an imposter disguised as Zhuzhu, so when she returned to the mansion, she pretended to be angry and locked herself in her boudoir for fear of being exposed.
At that time, Liang Yongan, who loved his daughter dearly, went to his wife and spoke well of Zhuzhu. He sighed several times that Zhuzhu was not disrespectful to her grandparents, but was sad and wanted to be alone because she heard in the palace that something had happened to the son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery.
Now it seems that his actions not only prevented his wife from seeing Zhuzhu, but also planted a seed in their hearts, a seed that made them believe that Zhuzhu died for love for the loyal and brave Marquis.
It is not difficult to hide a corpse in the palace, but it is not easy to transport Zhuzhu's corpse out of the palace.
Moreover, Zhuzhu had been missing for several days before her body was found in the lake. During this period, they had searched everywhere but found no one. He even suspected that it was not Zhuzhu who left the palace that night.
For this reason, he boldly asked the late emperor to allow him to find someone in the palace. Although the late emperor was unhappy, he still agreed.
Naturally, nothing was found, but because of his search of the palace, Concubine Yue dared not transport Zhuzhu's body out of the palace.
Then the body that was fished out of the lake and finally buried in the Liang family's ancestral tomb could not be the real Zhuzhu.
If it’s not Zhuzhu, why open the coffin?
The old marquis was thinking, and then looked at Wei Qingyan again. She still had her hands behind her back. Although she was a woman, she stood with the momentum of a pine tree.
More regal than the empress.
He suddenly understood.
The Queen prides herself on being fair and strict, and requires that all cases must be based on evidence and follow rules. Zhuzhu has been dead for many years, and it is difficult to find evidence.
Without evidence, Liang Yongan and Yuepin would never admit it, and the government would not dare to torture them to extract a confession.
Even if he forced them to confess, it could be said that they were forced to confess.
But if the bones found in the coffin can prove that the body did not die of drowning, then there is something unusual about Zhuzhu's death. Liang Yongan, the last person to see Zhuzhu and the first person to discover Zhuzhu's body, is the biggest suspect.
Torture to extract a confession was not considered a violation of the rules set by the Queen.
How could his Zhuzhu be so cunning? He was afraid that all this was the conspiracy of the Crown Princess in front of him.
No wonder Liang Yongan framed her. He had only been in Fengzhao for a few days and he had already figured out everything. How could the queen not be afraid?
But no matter why she appeared here today, she was helping Zhuzhu, and he remembered this favor.
Liang Yongan didn't think so. He hated Wei Qingyan to death.
"Father, Lai Fengzhao is spreading rumors and misleading people. She must be harboring evil intentions. Don't believe her. Zhuzhu has been dead for many years. Why bother disturbing her peace because of what outsiders say..."
The old marquis clenched his fists even more tightly. He felt it was his responsibility to make his son look worse than an animal.
But he couldn't do anything now. If Liang Yongan died in his hands, it would be a disaster.
But she didn't want to listen to any more of his barking, so she winked at the old man beside her. The old man understood, tied Liang Yongan's hands behind his back, took off his socks, and stuffed them into Liang Yongan's mouth.
Liang Yongan rolled his eyes because of the smoke.
When the old marquis saw this, he pretended not to see it.
"Princess, all the registration books of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion have been checked." Rong Yu's voice sounded.
Qing Wu asked, "How?"
"The rewards received by the Zhenbei Marquisate did not include those found in the mansion."
As expected, Qing Wu looked at Yuepin, "What do you say?"
At this moment, servants arrived, dragging Yuepin's daughter, a girl of fifteen or sixteen, cursing, "You bunch of slave dogs, if you don't want to die, let me go.
Don't try to blame me for something I didn't do. Let me go, or I won't let you off when Daddy comes back..."
At first glance that day, she fell in love with the returning prince. Although she knew that she was extremely beautiful, she wanted to be absolutely sure.
Hearing that the women in the building were the best at seducing men, she secretly invited the top performer of Zuichun Pavilion and listened to her sharing her experience behind closed doors.
This group of ignorant servants rushed in and said that she had poisoned the old lady and when did she poison the old woman?
Those words were meant to scold the servant as well as the two old men, but when she saw her parents in such a state, she realized that something was wrong and the scolding stopped abruptly.
When Concubine Yue saw that her daughter had indeed been brought here, she knelt down in front of the old lady and said, "Old lady, please have mercy on me. The second young lady has just reached the age of marriage and has not yet married. You cannot treat her like this."
I have done nothing wrong, and my child is innocent. You cannot set up a torture chamber privately. I will definitely report this to the Empress by beating the drum."
"Zhuzhu was only thirteen when the accident happened," the old lady murmured, "she hadn't even reached the age of marriage yet."
After hearing what Yuepin said, Miss Liang Er reacted and shouted, "Grandma, I am innocent. I didn't drug you. I didn't do anything wrong. Why should I be punished by the family law?"
When she was born, she was the only daughter of the Zhenbei Marquisate. Although she was occasionally ridiculed behind her back as a concubine's daughter, her father loved her like the apple of his eye, and in front of her, those people would only praise her.
Apart from not being able to compare with the princess, she was the darling of the imperial city and had never suffered such injustice.
But the servants who captured her were all brought by the old lady. Without the old lady's order, those people would have followed the previous order and pressed her down on the bench.
Before the board fell, her scream had already pierced the clouds. The old lady was old, and the sound pierced her heart, causing it to beat violently.
Wei Qingyan saw that her face was pale and her lips were black. He took out a porcelain bottle from his waist and handed it to the old marquis. "This is a tranquilizing pill. If you trust it, you can give it to the old lady."
The old marquis also noticed his wife's discomfort. Without hesitation, he took the porcelain bottle and said, "Thank you."
The only way he could hide the truth from the imperial physician sent by the Queen was thanks to the medicine given by the Crown Princess. Since he had already used her medicine, what was there to worry about?
It's just two lives. If his wife passes away, he will accompany her.
When he took out the medicine and gave it to the old lady to take, the old man found a piece of cloth and blocked Miss Liang's mouth.
This time it wasn't the socks, but Miss Jiao couldn't bear the pain. She fainted after only three hits, but the beatings didn't stop.
Concubine Yue struggled to shield her daughter but was held down by Qingwu's men.
Qing Wu looked at her, "You still don't want to confess?"
"You've gone too far, and I, Zhong Li, refuse to accept this. I'm going to sue you for abusing your power. The Queen is fair and will definitely stand up for me."
Zhong Li's eyes were filled with malice, "Everything in my house was given to me by the Marquis. I'm just a country woman, how could I recognize the treasures in the palace?
If it wasn't a gift from the Marquis, it must have been put there by you in advance to frame me. I want to seek justice for myself and my daughter.
Besides, the old marquis has just severed his relationship with the marquis, and you are no longer the second young lady's elders. What qualifications do you have to resort to lynching?"
The old lady, who had recovered after taking the pills, heard her sophistry and said angrily, "The filing documents for the government office haven't been delivered yet. Wake her up and continue."
The concubine had never entered the Marquis's mansion, so she couldn't beat her, but she could still deal with the Liang family's children.
"You can't do this..."
"What can't be done?" Wei Qingyan suddenly came in front of Yuepin.
No one heard, Liang Fuzhu's voice came from outside the courtyard, "Sister, sister, I want to take revenge with my own hands, I want to take revenge with my own hands, please help me."
Her voice was shrill and wailing.
Wei Qingyan finally softened his heart, and his voice became Liang Fuzhu's, "When I begged for mercy from you back then, did you ever soften your heart?
The evil in this world cannot be denied by you just because you don't acknowledge it. Over the years, you have probably forgotten how painful it was for me.
It doesn't matter, I will let you experience it yourself, and if that's not enough, there's also your daughter and your worthless son who is currently lying on the belly of a prostitute, drunk and unconscious."
This familiar voice filled Yuepin's eyes with fear. Thinking of a possibility, she said in panic, "No."
But Wei Qingyan didn't know when a sharp dagger appeared in his hand. With a flash of cold light, he chopped at her wrist. Blood splattered everywhere. Accompanied by Yuepin's scream, a well-maintained hand fell to the ground.
Before Concubine Yue could even cry out in pain, someone pressed a blood spot on her back. Then, she saw Wei Qingyan raise his arm, and the mermaid porcelain bottle flew in from outside the yard and landed steadily in front of her.
Yuepin didn't see that there was someone cooperating outside, and just thought that Wei Qingyan was really possessed by a ghost.
She roared in her heart that there was something fishy going on, and her body trembled with fear.
But Wei Qingyan kicked it lightly, and the porcelain bottle came to Miss Liang Er. In the blink of an eye, Wei Qingyan also came to the side of the porcelain bottle with a dagger in hand.
Her voice was still Liang Fuzhu's, but it was more sinister and terrifying than before, "If you still don't want to tell everyone how you killed me.
I'll use your daughter to demonstrate to them, but I'm not sure if this porcelain vase can hold her, so I'll just have to chop my sister into smaller pieces."
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